Anonymity on the Net
There's an interesting piece on the New York Times site by Professor Stanley Fish, titled "Anonymity and the Dark Side of the Internet".A quick disclaimer to start with, though: bear in mind that what you're reading here is my comment on an article in ...
Anonymity on the Net
There's an interesting piece on the New York Times site by Professor Stanley Fish, titled "Anonymity and the Dark Side of the Internet".A quick disclaimer to start with, though: bear in mind that what you're reading here is my comment on an article in ...
UK Govt plans to "turn off" internet porn
Back in April, I ceded the following hostage to fortune:" [...] to accusations of political partiality I will say only this: I've only ever blogged under a Labour government. If a non-Labour government fails to provide just as much blog-fodder, I will...
UK Govt plans to "turn off" internet porn
Back in April, I ceded the following hostage to fortune:" [...] to accusations of political partiality I will say only this: I've only ever blogged under a Labour government. If a non-Labour government fails to provide just as much blog-fodder, I will...
My first Burton IT1 report is out…
Something of a milestone day today, as my first IT1 analyst report has finally made it through the gastric tract of the corporate publishing animal, and now appears under the IT research category on the Burton Group repository, here. (You'll need an IT...
My first Burton IT1 report is out…
Something of a milestone day today, as my first IT1 analyst report has finally made it through the gastric tract of the corporate publishing animal, and now appears under the IT research category on the Burton Group repository, here. (You'll need an IT...
Wikileaks and diplomacy
I have, over time, heard two definitions of the word “diplomat”: 1 – a man sent to lie abroad for his country; 2 – someone who can tell you to go to Hell in such a way that you feel you would benefit from the journey. (By way of...
Wikileaks and diplomacy
I have, over time, heard two definitions of the word “diplomat”: 1 – a man sent to lie abroad for his country; 2 – someone who can tell you to go to Hell in such a way that you feel you would benefit from the journey. (By way of...
German authorities strangely schizophrenic about ID Card security
The German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maizière commented in an article for Die Welt yesterday that the new generation of German ID Cards is "100 times more secure" than the Card it replaces. That may or may not be true - but if it is, the parallel a...
German authorities strangely schizophrenic about ID Card security
The German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maizière commented in an article for Die Welt yesterday that the new generation of German ID Cards is "100 times more secure" than the Card it replaces. That may or may not be true - but if it is, the parallel a...
#TwitterJokeTrial: an update
Just a brief post to link you to David Allen Green's "Jack of Kent" blog, where he gives an account of what happened in Day One of Paul Chambers' appeal hearing (the appeal has yet to re-convene and conclude). Three factors leapt out at me from David'...
#TwitterJokeTrial: an update
Just a brief post to link you to David Allen Green's "Jack of Kent" blog, where he gives an account of what happened in Day One of Paul Chambers' appeal hearing (the appeal has yet to re-convene and conclude). Three factors leapt out at me from David'...
